Five Favorites For Friday – Week Ending March 9, 2007
2007
As I stated in last week’s “Five Faves” post, this week I am featuring posts I discovered from blogs participating in “The Ultimate Blog Party” thrown by the folks at 5 Minutes For Mom. I met alot of great people with some great blogs. Here are 5 posts that I particularly enjoyed.
Favorites #1 – In “Vulnerability Exposed” at Experiencing The Journey, Rindy shares her personal experiences with Post-traumatic stress disorder, understanding that, as a Christian, God is thoroughly present with her in her sufferings. This is a message that everyone needs to hear, understanding that we will all experience difficulty, but that God is always available to see you through.
Favorites #2 – This next post is a little different than the subjects I usually post about. Nevertheless, it’s important, as it deals with the importance of having and using wisdom when dealing with one’s personal finances. In this post, “5 Things I Learned From Casey Serin, The Guy Behind, ‘I Am Facing Foreclosure’” from The Digerati Life, Silicon Valley Blogger features the story of Casey Serin, “…a 24 yr old ‘would-be real estate mogul’ from Sacramento CA. After going to a few seminars I bought 8 houses in 8 months in 4 states with no money down looking to fix ‘n flip. I made some mistakes and am now millions in debt, trying to avoid foreclosure, sell quickly, repay everyone, and share my lessons to help others in trouble.” This young man’s story evidently is well-known in the blogosphere (I am clueless about this guy), but Silicon Valley Blogger is taking a different spin on her reporting about him than traditionally taken. In addition to the lessons learned, the story in and of itself is fascinating.
Favorites #3 – As a Christian woman, one of the scripture passages that always intimidated me was Proverbs 31:10-31, what many refer to as “The Virtuous Woman.” The standard that is set up here was always one that I found to be somewhat unattainable, so I stayed away from it often. Nevertheless, I discovered a post that puts a “modern” spin on Proverbs 31:12, providing easy and fun tips that I (and anyone else) can actually put into practice. Jay at Echoes of Eden gives us “Ten Ways To Do Him Good,” listing 10 practical ways to bless your husband.
Favorites #4 – Has anyone out there ever experience rejection? Kuanyin from The Art of Living and Dying writes about her experience of receiving few visitors/commenters from the party in her post “I Threw A Party And No One Came.” If any of y’all have been rejected at any time in your lives, male or female, Kuanyin provides an interesting take on the subject.
Favorites #5 – As a woman (or a man), what would your reaction be to the following statement? “American women seem to think they are the only women on the planet. They think that God will only bless their country and that somehow they are more important than everyone else. They think they’re better than women every where else.“ Lindsey at Enjoy The Journey writes about our misunderstandings of one another stemming from ignorance in her post, “Shattering Stereotypes & Battling Ignorance”, as she recounts experiencing being stereotyped within her own family.
As always, check out the posts, comment on their blogs, and let me know what you think about this week’s “Five Faves.” Until next time…
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Hi KWiz
I first discovered your site through Jose at Tried It Myself. I have tagged you for a meme on my site, if you’d like to join in. The meme is called “Am I Talking To You?”, and is about exploring who you write for, and who your audience is.
I found it interesting, and timely for me, as I’ve been reflecting on defining and refining my site focus at Grow Your Writing Business.
If you’d like to join in the meme, come over and check it out.
All the very best. I enjoy your site.
Yvonne
THANK YOU! You just made my day!! (Experiencing the Journey.. link above) I love when people read my posts and enjoy…and hopefully really think.
Am enjoying reading through your posts also. The blog party was such a great idea. I have also met so many and read so much…now if someone could just clean my house so I can read more!!!
Enjoy the day and visit again!!!
These seem like great blogs.
I gotta check them out…
Thanks,
Paula
Hi KWiz,
Thanks to Yvonne (Grow Your Writing Business) for leading me to your blog. I learned a lot just by reading your post. I am sure I will enjoy more when I come back. Thanks for sharing your favs. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Princess
Hi Princess, thanks for making it to my blog. I’m glad you enjoyed what you read, and I hope you will come back soon and give me your honest feedback.
I’ve been to your blog, and I wanted to subscribe through a feeder, but I didn’t see anywhere I could do that. Do you have the capability to subscribe, by feed or by email?
Thank you for the link to my blog and my post on blessing your husband, you have just made my week! I am very new to the blogging world and I am so glad that you liked what you read. Thanks again!
Hi Jeanette,
You’re absolutely welcome. I must say – when I saw your name, I got a bit nostalgic. My mom’s name was Jeanette. She passed away of lung cancer last July.
Sorry for the aside – your post was great, and I was glad to include it in one of my favorites. Keep up the good work!!!
RE: Casey Serin:
Some similarly business-minded folks from the old country also run into tough times, due to their own innovative ideas for creating wealth, just like Casey:
Uzbekistani immigrants await discussion of entrepreneurial methods
After tiring myself out trying to figure out what the heck this dude Casey Serin is actually up to, I finally found a place that catalogs his activities, history, associations, and purpose.
The site bills itself as “the leading semi-satirical wiki about foreclosure blogs”, and I’d say that’s accurate, given the predictably rather vertical market for “semi-satirical wikis on the topic of foreclosure blogs.” Still, it’s a good read.
Address:
http://www.caseypedia.com/
Hotlink:
Casey Serin